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6 FAQs about [Legal provisions for new energy storage]

What are the changes to planning legislation for energy storage projects?

The changes to planning legislation for larger energy storage projects were first announced back in October 2019 to allow planning applications to be determined without going through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process.

Should energy storage schemes get planning permission?

The change in the law should make it much easier for energy storage schemes to get planning permission, to attract funding more easily, and enable them to be built more quickly. The recent UK Battery Storage Project Database Report by suggested the UK has more than 13.5GW of battery storage projects in the pipeline.

What is the new energy storage regime?

Firstly, the new legal regime defines energy storage and differentiates it from energy generation and consumption. This definition is a prominent addition by the new regime, since it is technology-neutral and broad, also including sector coupling with gases (e.g., hydrogen) and heat.

Why are we legislating electricity storage?

Why are we legislating? Electricity storage covers a range of technologies that store low carbon energy for when it is needed, for example in batteries on the wall of your home or business, or in facilities that pump water to higher reservoirs when electricity is abundant, and let it flow back down through a turbine when it is scarce.

Can energy companies bypass the national planning process?

Energy companies and battery storage developers in the UK can now bypass the national planning process when developing large scale energy storage projects, thanks to a recent change in the law.

Is there a legal framework for energy storage investment and innovation?

Despite this promising outlook, the lack of an enabling legal framework was identified as a prime barrier to energy storage investment and innovation ( Parag and Sovacool, 2016; Castagneto Gissey et al., 2018; Gährs and Knoefel, 2020; Schmitt and Sanford, 2018; Crossley, 2013; Schreiber, 2020; Stephan et al., 2016 ).

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